[Countdown to returning to work: 10 days]
Shen Wunian has been the Reincarnation Bureau's “Best Fixer” for three consecutive years.
In thirty years and ninety-eight missions, she has handled resignations for god-defiers, processed cases for beings consumed by obsessions, and cultivated the Heartless Path. Her KPI has never dipped into the red.
Until mission number 99...
Her assignment is a “god-defier” with a face exactly like hers.
He says, “On day nine, you'll fall in love with me. On day ten, you'll process my resignation, then realize the one you fired was never a contractor. I was a full-time employee.”
She doesn't believe him.
Not until the System pops up a warning: [Warning: This target is bound to the Host. Deleting him will affect the main program's operation.]
Not until she pulls up the backend logs and discovers the truth from a century ago...
She's not a fixer. She's the System's original programmer.
He's not a god-defier. He's her cultivation partner, for whom she has submitted [Resignation Applications] ninety-eight times.
Her Heartless Path was built on his [Read, No Reply].
With seven days left, for the first time, she clicks [Refuse to Return to Work] and closes the System pop-up.
With five days left, she tears up her resignation. Her new ID badge reads: [Xie Jin - Bound - Cannot Be Deleted].
“This time, I'll choose to fall in love with you on day nine, and get optimized by the System together with you on day ten.”
“But before then, you'll watch me restore my access permissions. This time, I'll choose you.”
